Nick Cave's New Novel Bunny Munro Gets Its Own iPhone App, Tour

The Death of Bunny Munro, the new novel from Nick Cave, is the story of a sex-addicted salesman, and it reads something like Charles Bukowski with a raging boner and an obsession with MTV Hits. But since we're living in the multi-media age, the book itself is only part of the story. So: The Death of Bunny Munro isn't just a book. It's also an audio recording! And an iPhone app! And a tour!

The iPhone app for the book, available now, features not only the book itself in text form but also the audiobook (read by Cave and featuring music by Cave and Bad Seed Warren Ellis) and video clips of Cave reading from the book. It'll run you $24.99. The iTunes Store's warning of "Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes" is no joke.

In the coming months, Cave will also take the book on the road. On September 14, next Monday, Cave will come to New York, appearing at Barnes & Noble's Union Square location alongside journalist Katherine Lanpher. And Cave will spend the fall touring Canada, the UK, and Europe, appearing alongside fellow Bad Seeds Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey. The shows will mix readings with live music, and Cave will take questions from the audience. Those dates are below.

If you're still on the fence about Cave's book, you can hear him reading from it here or watch videos of him reading here.

And finally, in non-Bunny Munro news, Cave has also narrated "The Cat's Piano", a new short film from the People's Republic of Animation. You can watch it here. Plus, Warren Ellis tells the Quietus that the new Grinderman album is almost finished and should be out next year. "Itâ€™s kind of like stoner rock meets Sly Stone via Amon Duul," he says.